Observador is a popular newspaper in Portugal, published from and headquartered in Portugal. In this article, Mediabuzz is going to analyze Observador’s media bias and Observador’s factual reporting on the basis of its coverage, language used, presidential endorsements, media reports, research and blind surveys. We have also commented on the left or right biasedness of the Observador along with its factual accuracy.
Media Bias Analysis Summary
After thorough research, we will conclude whether the Observadoris Left Leaning, Right Leaning or Centred in its approach. For Observador, we will go through several researches, studies, blind surveys, headline analysis, etc. to comment on Observador’s media bias. Based on the above analysis, we will assign one of the media bias meter out of all the seven possible meters shown here.







Factual Reporting Summary
For commenting on the factual accuracy of the Observador, we will flip through previous news articles of the publication and observe if Observador has published any factually incorrect information. Based on this, we will conclude that we have commented on the factual accuracy of Observador. Based on the above analysis, we will assign one of the media reliability meter out of all the three possible meters shown here.



A. Observador Media Bias Analysis
Under this section, we will briefly explain the factors that contribute towards our media bias conclusion for Observador. We will observe, analyse and comment on the Observador language used, presidential endorsement, controversies, allegations, political views of Observador’s editors, etc. to support our inference.
1. Observador Emotional Influence & Adjectives in Headlines
We will rummage through previous headlines of Observador to look out for usage of influential language, adjectives, emotionally charged words, etc. that suggests any bias of Observador towards any side of the spectrum.
2. Observador Endorsement of President
Endorsement of presidential candidates in elections comments strongly about a newspaper’s affiliation towards left or right. We will look out for candidates that Observador has endorsed in previous presidential elections to support Observador’s political bias.
3. Political leader’s Criticism of Observador
A political leader’s frequent criticism of Observador will also suggest about political inclination of the newspaper. In this section, we will observe if any political leader has criticised Observador in the past to support our arguments.
4. Allegations on Observador
Under this section, we will look out for any previous allegations against Observador by any political leader, party, organization or readers to support if Observador is biased towards left, right or center.
5. Media Bias Articles from Research Papers, Institutions, etc.
Several reputed fact checking and media bias analytics organizations conduct thorough surveys and research to write about Observador media bias. To substantiate our claims about Observador’s media bias inclination, we will cite these highly reliable sources and research from reputed organizations.
6. Audience of Observador
The audience of Observador also strongly suggests its media bias. Therefore, to further substantiate our claims, we will write about Observador’s audience whether they are democrats or republicans in their political affinities.
7. Observador’s controversial statements and tweets
Several newspapers make controversial statements or tweets on social media that reflect their affinity towards any ideology. We will flip through Observador social media accounts to look for clues that suggests Observador media bias.
8. Popular editors of Observador
Any popular person or editor associated with the Observador will also speak a lot about Observador’s media bias. We will analyze popular persons or editors of Observador that are directly or indirectly linked to any political party or ideology.
9. Observador CEO’s political views
In this section, we will look if Observador CEO supports or sponsors any political party directly or indirectly. We will look for his tweets, statements, opinion pieces, and controversies that will take us towards Observador’s media bias.
B. Observador Factual Reporting Analysis
After Observador media bias, we will write about Observador’s factual reporting, to check whether Observador is reliable or not. There are several parameters on which we will be analyzing Observador’s factual accuracies and will comment if Observador has ever published any false or misleading reports.
1. Observador’s misleading or false news articles
We will look for Observador’s previous history if it has ever intentionally or unintentionally published any fake news, false or misleading reports to influence audience. We will also write about false claims made by Observador in its Op-Ed or news section.
2. Popular Fact-Checking Organizations’ Analysis of Observador
Several fact-checking organizations including Politico, FactCheck, Snopes, Poynter, etc. conduct frequent fact-check on news articles published by newspapers. We will list down fact-checks that mentioned Observador to suggest if Observador has published false stories in the past or not.
3. Sources of Observador
Sources quotes by newspapers are also indicative of their reliability. We will check the sources quoted by Observador in their news stories to find out if Observador is factually reliable or not.
C. Observador Reliability Ratings by Fact-Checking Organizations
Several organizations across the globe independently conduct thorough research and studies on the pattern of news coverage by mainstream media. These websites study the articles published by the news media with the help of professionals and rate them on the basis of bias and reliability. Under this section, we will find out what other fact-checking organizations and media monitors have to say about Observador.
D. History of Observador
Observador is based out of Portugal and primarily published from Portugal . In this section, we will comment about the history of Observador including Observador founder, Observador publisher, Observador circulation and Observador headquarters.
E. Observador Funding & Ownership
Under this section, mediabuzz will write about Observador’s investors, stakeholders and owners to analyze how Observador’s media bias and factual reliability is affected.
F. Readers of Observador
Under this section, we will provide you approximate numbers of readers Observador enjoy. It will also have an age-wise, demographic-wise, gender-wise and political opinion-wise distribution of Observador audience.
G. Observador Media Bias and Credibility – Conclusion
After a thorough analysis of Observador on the above mentioned parameters, we will sum up if Observador is a left, center or right biased newspaper. Based on the analysis, we will offer a judgement on whether Observador is a reliable or unreliable publication when factual reporting is concerned.